EP 1180-1-1
1 Aug 01
CHAPTER 5 - THE WAGE DETERMINATION ON LINE (WDOL) PROGRAM
5-1. General.
a. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (Appendix F) between the Department of Labor
(DOL) and various services within the Department of Defense (DOD), the Corps is now able to obtain
current area wage determinations (WDs) via an on-line DOD-wide subscription service known as
"WDOL Program". The WDOL Program provides both Service Contract Act (SCA) WDs and
Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) general wage decisions to all authorized users for official use in Federal
contract actions. At present, the Departments of Air Force, Army, Navy and the Defense Logistics
Agency are participants in this program.
b. Under the terms of the MOU, the participating DOD agencies must ensure that its personnel are
appropriately trained in the implementation of SCA WD database. The DBA WD database is available
for use immediately, and DBA WDs will continue to be incorporated into DBA-covered contract
actions in accordance with existing regulations. This "User's Guide" provides the basic, required training
and guidance in the use of the SCA WD database on the WDOL Program.
c. Use of the SCA WD database for official contract actions is limited to personnel within the
participating DOD agencies (those which are signature to the MOU with DOL). Contracting activities
desiring to use the WDOL Program for SCA WDs must certify to their Agency Labor Advisor that
training has been completed. USACE members who have completed the on-line training may forward
an e-mail notification to the HQUSACE Labor Advisor, CECC-C
(gregory.m.noonan@usace.army.mil) advising that the training has been completed. No notification is
necessary for use of the DBA WDs section of the WDOL program.
5-2. WDOL Program Requirements.
a. The WDOL Program, SCA Database, may be used when:
(1) The contracting office has received appropriate training;
(2) The Agency Labor Advisor has certified to DOL that the training has been received;
b. At the time authorization is approved, the contracting activity will no longer be authorized
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